Additional Resources

Initiatives and Innovations

Databases that with listings of programs

Individual programs in support of literacy

**Achieve in Africa**	Achieve in Africa's mission is to "build classrooms and provide after-school learning programs in rural parts of Africa that are often overlooked". Their mission statement is: "We believe education is the answer for solving poverty, hunger, and the AIDS epidemic in Africa. Through education, we hope to give children in Africa the opportunity to reach their full potential, lead better lives, and inspire future generations."
**African Library Project**	"The African Library Project coordinates book drives in the United States and partners with African schools and villages to start small libraries." They currently have a presence in Botswana, Cameroon, Lesotho, Nigeria, Swaziland, Malawi, Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
**Books for Africa Library Project**	Books for Africa primarily collects books for Ghana, West Africa and uses them to establish libraries in rural communities which would otherwise not have the luxury of having reading materials. Books are mostly collected from the United States.
**Books of Hope**	Books of Hope is a collaborative program between U.S. schools and schools in developing countries that do not have the resources to sufficiently meet their students' educational needs. Through the partnerships, U.S. schools provide either funds and/or help with writing, illustrating and binding books for their partner schools in need.
**Books Open the World**	"Books Open the World (BOTW) is a non-profit, secular organization that seeks to promote and encourage education and opportunity in rural communities to children and women through community libraries, literacy classes, vocational training, support groups, and by supporting all levels of education." They are based in Uganda and focus on developing rural community libraries as centers to provide education.
**Camel Book Drive**	The Camel Book Drive is basically a library on camels. A group of camels are used to bring books to rural areas, "visiting four settlements per day, four days per week". Semi-nomadic people are also served by the library. Books provided are written in either English or Swahili.
**Family Literacy Project**	The Family Literacy Project (FLP) aims "to make literacy a shared pleasure and valuable skill". This is done by targeting four areas, adult literacy, early learning and literacy, libraries and health, and sharing the their insights and knowledge through articles and conferences. The FLP facilitates family literacy groups, box libraries, book clubs as well as visits homes to speak with families about the importance of literacy.
**Friends of African Village Libraries**	"Friends of African Village Libraries' goal is to assist the rural poor of Africa with the creation of village libraries. This is accomplished by working closely with the communities in which the libraries are established. FAVL refurbishes community-donated buildings, transforming them into a space to read and study. Libraries are stocked with books by local authors and in local languages to the greatest extent possible."
**Lubuto Library Project**	The Lubuto Library Project includes preservation of materials, the promotion of reading and the provision of educational and social service activities, targeting countries like Zambia where many children and youths are orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS. In the light of this, the Lubuto Library Project tries to provide publicly accessible libraries to give these youths a safe place to gather where they are able to develop their literacy skills.

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